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Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Whats with all the lazyness around here lately?

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Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Wow. I'm speechless! I didn't think this coaster would look THIS good, that first picture that Martyn posted above... :)
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Holy mamma its looking better and better!
Cant believe they got through the layout so quickly! Given, its not that big, but still!
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

I can't wait to see this next month... Too bad won't be able to ride, but Thunderhead is ALWAYS worth the trip.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Not as big as I was expecting.

To be honest, the layout isn't dissimilar to most B&M sitdowns. At least the other Wing Riders have more unique layouts.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

It's beautiful <3

It makes it look that much better with the changing of the leaves.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

It's really... short.

I knew it was going to be, but, now it looks criminally short.

It'll be fun I bet, but, it needs more of the direction changes the others have IMO.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

^ I think they're all missing some decent directions changes really, like there on Baco. A couple of 90' banked s-bends would be fab on these.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

All of the Wingriders are short concerning their layout and could all use with some extra little jigs or twists. However, these are very expensive, so perhaps that is why parks are going with shorter layouts, because its already costing them lots. DW is spending 20 Million on this ride (approx) and its not a super long layout either.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Apparently all up to the giant wing over is completed track wise. That leaves camelback, the figure 8 and then the massively, unnecessary brake-run.

On another note, I have a feeling that the POV of the ride will be an ACTUAL POV, not a CGI animation :3
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

^You can see that even the wingover is complete in the last photo update. They might be done with the figure eight by now.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Ah, didnt see that tbh lol. Felt like I was adding something useful :lol:

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Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

All of the Wingriders are short concerning their layout
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I have a feeling that the trains might just eat up speed, with the increased size in terms of surface area and weight. I may be wrong, but it's a theory.
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

^The wind resistance will certainly increase with a wing rider train. I don't know if the weight will effect momentum though..
 
Re: "Wild Eagle" - B&M Wingrider for Dollywood 2012

Seems like at 4pm, Dollywood will be posting a snippet of Wild Eagle animation for us. Guess we get to tune in for it :D

Info grabbed from their Facebook page.

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